HELIOTROPE
\hˈɛlɪˌɒtɹə͡ʊp], \hˈɛlɪˌɒtɹəʊp], \h_ˈɛ_l_ɪ__ˌɒ_t_ɹ_əʊ_p]\
Definitions of HELIOTROPE
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- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
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See Bloodstone (a).
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A plant of the genus Heliotropium; - called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
By Oddity Software
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An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
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See Bloodstone (a).
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A plant of the genus Heliotropium; - called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
By Noah Webster.
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A plant whose flowers follow the course of the sun; a green-colored variety of quartz with small red spots; bloodstone; the color of the flowers of heliotrope, bluishpink.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A plant whose flowers are said always to turn round to the sun: (min.) a bloodstone, a variety of chalcedony of a dark-green color variegated with red: an instrument for signalling by flashing the sun's rays.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Heliotropium Europaeum.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Greek] A very fragrant plant, called also turnsole;—an instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance by means of the sun’s rays thrown off from a mirror;—a variety of chalcedony, of a deep-green colour, variegated with blood-red or yellowish spots;—blood-stone.
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